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"His shirt was inside-out, his hair was disheveled, his belly and back were exposed." This is Kimberly Wilson's written description of the man she alleges rear-ended her at a rest stop on Oct. 26—a New Jersey state trooper. If that sounds weird, well, it gets weirder. Wilson says when she asked where Sgt. Michael Roadside's uniform and weapon were, he "opened his shirt, and a Bud Light cap and a loaded magazine fell to the ground," the Christian Science Monitor reports. Responding officers found Roadside smelling of booze, slurring his speech, and wearing a shirt that "was unbuttoned and appeared to have vomit on it," with open beer containers in his car, per police records obtained and released Tuesday by NJ Advance Media.

What the officers were responding to was a 911 call Wilson made after she says she declined an offer Roadside allegedly made her: a check for $1,000 if she didn't report what happened. Roadside attributed his speech and walking issues to a recent surgery, saying, per the police report, "I had a prostate surgery. I'm on anesthesia right now." But the records show the 51-year-old's blood-alcohol level was allegedly twice the legal limit at 0.16%. He also happened to be wearing sweatpants on top on his uniform pants. He has been hit with multiple charges, including DWI, and suspended without pay.

So his excuse was due to being medically anally probed? Yup that explains it A better excuse have been being abducted and "probed"..

SouthSideSam

Nov 19, 2015 9:05 AM CST

I'm going to assume the story is correct as written and that the allegations are true. The police officer who allegedly committed the DWI was charged and if he's properly convicted with the DWI and properly sentenced then the system will be working as it should and this police force is staffed and run properly. The other officers did their job and upheld their duty -- well done to you all ! Any institution as large as policing is going to have a few bad apples, and even good apples can mess up. The problem is when someone escapes prosecution or conviction because of their occupation or social connections. When that happens it is not merely one criminal act by one criminal, but the criminal corruption and felony obstruction of justice by many who supposedly swore to uphold the law, who collect paycheques for upholding the law, and how are betraying the great public trust and authority police officers enjoy. So actually this story is kind of good news. One man messed up and it stayed being just one man messing up. The rest of his department didn't decide to join protecting him by committing further felony crimes like obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, witness tampering, and perjury. Hopefully, if he is truly guilty he'll be sentenced properly and serve the sentence just like any other civilian. That is how it is supposed to work. He'll have a rough couple of years, he'll probably lose his current job, but life goes on and he'll find another job doing something else. This is how it should always work.

logicrules3

Nov 18, 2015 11:08 PM CST

When you want to see 'disgusting' all you have to do is view the actions not taken against cops. Magically, wearing that uniform excludes them from criminal prosecution. They are, in effect, gods, well, more like satans; the other god, if you believe in that junk.